New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Ahead of Delhi Assembly polls, the Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested a notorious gangster and recovered two sophisticated pistols, 125 live cartridges and three magazines from his possession, police said on Sunday.

Delhi police recovered two automatic sophisticated pistols made in Austria and Turkey, four live cartridges of 9 mm, 21 live cartridges of AK-47, 40 live cartridges of 7.65 mm, 10 live cartridges of pipe guns, 50 live cartridges made in the Czech Republic, one AK-47 magazine, two carbine magazines, one car.

Additional Commissioner of Police Sanjay Bhatia said, "A few days ago we arrested an accused called Vikas Kalu. We recovered 4 weapons from him, which includes three country-made pistols, a sophistica...